Hairy & Scary Creatures

Rocky Horror Picture Show

Theatrical release poster

Directed by Jim Sharman

Produced by Lou Adler

Michael White

Written by Richard O'Brien

Jim Sharman

Starring Tim Curry

Susan Sarandon

Barry Bostwick

Richard O'Brien

Patricia Quinn

Nell Campbell

Meat Loaf

Charles Gray

Music by Richard O'Brien

Richard Hartley

Cinematography Peter Suschitzky

Editing by Graeme Clifford

Distributed by 20th Century Fox

Release date(s) August 14, 1975 (1975-08-14)

Running time 100 minutes

Country United Kingdom

Language English

Budget $1.2 million

Gross revenue $139.8 million

Followed by Shock Treatment

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 British musical horror comedy/rock opera film that parodies science fiction and B-movie horror films.[1] It was directed by Jim Sharman. The film is an adaptation of the British musical stage production The Rocky Horror Show. Richard O'Brien, author of the stage show,[2] was assisted by Sharman in writing the screenplay. The film introduces Tim Curry and features Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick along with cast members from the original Kings Road production of the play first performed in the Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre in 1973.

Still in limited release 35 years after its premiere, it has the longest-running theatrical release in film history.[3][4] The film is considered a cult classic.[5] It gained notoriety as a midnight movie in 1977 when audiences began participating with the film in theaters across the United States. Rocky Horror is the first film from a major studio, such as 20th Century Fox, to be in the midnight movie market.[6] Widely known by mainstream audiences, it has a large international following and is one of the most well known and financially successful midnight movies of all time.[7] In 2005, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."